CVE-2016-5403
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.06%Published: 8/2/2016Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-5403DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5403
Description
The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/xenfrom 0, < 4.7.0-r0
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |